Victory Gardens Announces 2016-17 Directors Inclusion Initiative
The five assistant directors will work on a production in the Chicago theatre’s 2016-17 season.
The five assistant directors will work on a production in the Chicago theatre’s 2016-17 season.
Ten playwrights and musical theatre writers will participate in a nine-month intensive.
Volunteer theatregoers evaluated productions from the 2015-16 season in the Twin Cities.
The emerging director will work alongside Pam MacKinnon on a production at the Ahmanson Theatre.
The Off-Broadway company will develop work by Liza Birkenmeier, Clarence Coo, Donja Love, and Patricia Ione Lloyd.
The President will present the medals to the recipients at the White House.
For their plays ‘Marjorie Prime’ and ‘The Profane,’ the playwrights will each receive $20,000.
Twelve performing arts organizations will receive funding for national projects.
Fellows will be involved in a yearlong workshop that brings together emerging and established playwrights.
The playwright was honored with the award for her play ‘Ugly Lies the Bone.’